--- Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com> wrote: > Friends, > > Quite a few responses refer to key leads, when the > original post talks about > "wooden blisters." So maybe I can learn something > here I didn't know. Are > key leads ever put in the keys where they are not > immediately visible from > the sides? Maybe inserted from the bottom or > something? I'm a little > confused about how a question regarding wooden > blisters turned into a > discussion of key leads. > > Regards, > Clyde Hollinger, RPT > Lititz, PA, USA > > Greg Newell wrote: > > > Cameron, > > It's probably recessed leads expanding and > showing their ugly heads. > > Don't sand them!!! > > Greg Newell > > > > Cameron Jacobi wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a question for anyone who would care to > answer > > > - I tuned a piano yesterday - a Sohmer upright, > about > > > 20 years old - a lot of the keys were sticking - > but > > > two of them, when I pulled them out - had > something > > > like wooden blisters at the sides - I don't > really > > > know how to describe it - it was as though > something > > > inside the key was trying to make its way to the > > > surface - almost like a bubble in the wood - if > the > > > wood continues to do that, those keys will be > rubbing > > > the ones next to them. Does anyone have any > idea what > > > could cause that, or what should be done about > it? > > > I'd appreciate any input. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Harriet Lipman > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the > holidays! > > > http://calendar.yahoo.com/ > > The original question did refer to the bumps at the sides of the keys - most responses have suggested that the key leads are "walking" out - to me, that makes sense, although I've never seen it before. - How I'll handle it--I don't know-- I'm sure I won't handle it until it creates a friction problem. Any other ideas as to what may have caused the bumps? > thank you Harriet __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! http://calendar.yahoo.com/
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